Powerful Whitepapers

A guide to compensation management

What are the seven essentials of compensation management? From creating a compensation philosophy to using the right blend of salary types, this whitepaper offers a crash course in getting pay right.

Q&A from salary survey pros for prevailing during participation season

If you’re a survey participation newbie or a seasoned pro, you’ll find something useful here.

How pay impacts performance: leveraging your pay increase cycle to boost employee engagement regardless of budget

The currency of modern employment is pay, performance, and fairness. Increasingly transactional relationships between employees and their employers make it more important than ever to get pay right – or suffer the consequences of a demotivated, low-performing workforce. This whitepaper explores what HR specialists can do to motivate and engage employees during their pay increase cycle whatever their budget.

Are your wages keeping pace with inflation? - Whitepaper

Runaway inflation caught everyone by surprise, and while inflation has come down, it could quickly become a problem again.

Greatest growth in job postings and wages - Whitepaper

Discover which employees have the most leverage in finding new, better paying positions and what you can do about it.

What jobs are most at risk for turnover? - Whitepaper

We unveil the jobs with the highest quit rates in 2024, and examine industries where turnover is causing the most problems

Getting started with job management - Whitepaper

In this guide, we provide data and best practices on managing pay differentials for education plus insights into the shift to skills-based talent management in the age of pay transparency.

Compensation planning stakeholder checklist 2024

This checklist can serve as a quick guide regarding stakeholder perspectives to consider and address during the compensation planning process.

Compensation planning stakeholder checklist 2024

This checklist can serve as a quick guide regarding stakeholder perspectives to consider and address during the compensation planning process.

HR guide to managing graduate premiums - Whitepaper

In this guide, we provide data and best practices on managing pay differentials for education plus insights into the shift to skills-based talent management in the age of pay transparency.

The Cost of Getting Pay Wrong - Whitepaper

Download this info sheet and learn how to choose the right compensation partner for your business.

The Pay Gap Persists

Get data highlights from Payscale about the uncontrolled gender pay gap, including the gap when race and gender intersect, how the gap crosses state lines, and how employers can proactively create equitable opportunities.

The Pay Gap Persists

Get data highlights from Payscale about the uncontrolled gender pay gap, including the gap when race and gender intersect, how the gap crosses state lines, and how employers can proactively create equitable opportunities.

Optimizing compensation planning

Discover top predictions from experts across people leadership, compensation management, new legislation, and the impact of AI, and learn firsthand insights about what to expect in the year ahead.

Streamlining salary survey management

Discover top predictions from experts across people leadership, compensation management, new legislation, and the impact of AI, and learn firsthand insights about what to expect in the year ahead.

Top Human Capital Management Trends for Enterprise Organizations

Download this paper to also learn more about how Payscale’s compensation software and data products can help your organization (large or small) build a robust holistic human capital management strategy to empower your workforce and exceed business objectives.

The CEO's Guide to Compensation Budgeting Whitepaper

Employee-related costs are 55 percent of the average organization’s total costs. And your employees are often your organization’s biggest expense – while simultaneously being your biggest asset. The loss of employees (turnover) can be costly and the war for talent is more competitive than ever.

2023 State of Remote Work Report

New research from Payscale combines analysis of our online salary survey with responses from employers on remote work, return-to-office mandates, and pay strategies for distributed workforces.

Strategies to Improve Employee Retention - Whitepaper

For a deeper dive on the impact of our research on company policy with recommendations on how to take action, download our whitepaper.

Compensation Data Landscape

How To Manage Pay Compression With Agile Comp

Learn how to manage pay compression with Agile compensation planning using specific tools from Payscale to analyze pay compression and maintain pay equity.

The New Total Rewards: 6 Key Compensation and Benefits Trends

How Fair Pay Perception and Pay Transparency Combat Turnover

Do employees know what goes into determining their pay and ensuring that their pay is fair? Payscale’s research suggests that most do not.

Are You at Increased Risk for Employee Turnover in 2022

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

Variable Pay Playbook

In a tight talent market where employees have choices about where they commit their time and talent, variable pay is frequently used as a retention, recruitment, and motivation tool.

Compensation Strategy: Responding to Rising Inflation & Cost of Labor

Our latest whitepaper offers compensation strategy insights on responding to rising inflation and the cost of labor.

Why You Need a More Agile Compensation Structure

In this whitepaper, learn about workforce trends that are putting pressure on the grade-based salary structure, and what it means to make your compensation plan more agile.

The State of Pay Equity in 2023

This whitepaper provides the key facts and guidance you need to affect a pro-active stance on pay equity in order to close pay gaps and ensure pay fairness is embedded across compensation management practices and managed in a sustainable way.

How fair pay perception and pay transparency combat turnover - whitepaper

Read about the top challenges affecting manufacturing organizations, including addressing pay compression, retention, and pay transparency legislation.

Connect Event Insights: Manufacturing Whitepaper

Read about the top challenges affecting manufacturing organizations, including addressing pay compression, retention, and pay transparency legislation.

The New Playbook for Salary Negotiation in the Age of Pay Transparency

In this whitepaper, employers will learn what employees know and expect about the process surrounding salary negotiation today and what you need to do to impress savvy candidates and retain top performers.

The Basics of Pay Analysis

This whitepaper provides a high level description of pay analysis commonly used by compensation professionals to assess pay fairness to market and retain workers.

Connect Event Insights: Pay Equity whitepaper

In April 2022, Payscale hosted a Connect Event with mid-size companies that have 100-749 employees to discuss the trends and challenges they are facing when it comes to pay equity

The Anatomy of Modern Compensation

In this whitepaper, we lay out the anatomy of modern compensation — the heart, head, guts, and face of this critical process — and what sorts of changes organizations need to be making to remain competitive when it comes to managing sustainable fair pay for the workforce.

Connect Event Insights: Pharma and Life Sciences - Whitepaper

How To Manage Pay Compression With Agile Comp

Learn how to manage pay compression with Agile compensation planning using specific tools from Payscale to analyze pay compression and maintain pay equity.

Compensation Strategy: Responding to Rising Inflation & Cost of Labor

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

Are You at Increased Risk for Employee Turnover in 2022

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

Compensation Challenges Mapping the Journey - Infographic

Compensation management isn't easy. There's a lot to know just in the realm of pricing jobs to make offers to new hires.

Connect Event Insights: Higher Education - Whitepaper

Connect Event Insights: Healthcare - Whitepaper

Connect Event Insights: Retail - Whitepaper

Connect Event Insights: Hospitality - Whitepaper

Connect Event Insights: Insurance - Whitepaper

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Comp Planning Business Case Thank You Pitch Deck

The Pay Equity Dictionary Thank You

Step-By-Step Pay Equity Analysis Guide Thank You Product Guide

Pay Equity Analysis Business Case Thank You Pitch Deck

The Hottest Jobs During the Great Resignation of 2021 Thank You Whitepaper

2021 Wage and Labor Market Trends Thank You Whitepaper

Payfactors Testimonials Thank You Slides

The Ultimate Job Description Playbook Webinar Thank You

G2 Crowd Ebook Thank You

State of Remote Work Employer Survey Report Thank You

How Fair Pay Perception and Pay Transparency Combat Turnover Thank You Whitepaper

How Fair Pay Perception and Pay Transparency Combat Turnover

Do employees know what goes into determining their pay and ensuring that their pay is fair? Payscale’s research suggests that most do not.

How to Level Up Your Compensation Strategy Thank You Whitepaper

The New Era of Pay Equity Thank You Whitepaper

An Employer's Guide to the Hottest Themes, Jobs, and Skills Impacting Pay Thank You Whitepaper

Mercer and Payscale a Winning Combo Thank You Whitepaper

Shaping a New Future Thank You Whitepaper

Decoding Your Survey Data Thank You Whitepaper

How to Build a Skills Based Workforce for Tech Companies Thank You Whitepaper

The Impact of the Current Economy on Wage Growth Thank You Whitepaper

Creating a Pay Communications Plan Thank You Whitepaper

How to Build a Skills Based Workforce Thank You Whitepaper

The Definitive Guide to Effective Pay Communications Thank You Whitepaper

Does Pay Transparency Close the Gender Wage Gap Thank You Whitepaper

Employee Performance Management Thank You Whitepaper

Employee Performance Management Whitepaper

What, Why, and How Incentives Work at Enterprise Organizations Thank You Whitepaper

Turnover: Myths vs Reality Thank You Whitepaper

Turnover: Myths vs Reality Whitepaper

Why and How to Create a Good Incentive Plan Thank You Whitepaper

Why and How to Create a Good Incentive Plan Whitepaper

Top Human Capital Management Trends for Enterprise Organizations Thank You Whitepaper

Top Human Capital Management Trends for Enterprise Organizations Whitepaper

What, Why, and How Incentives Work at Enterprise Organizations Whitepaper

Aligning Finance and HR for Growth Thank You Whitepaper

Aligning Finance and HR for Growth Thank You Whitepaper

The CFO's Guide to Compensation Best Practices Thank You Whitepaper

The CFO's Guide to Compensation Best Practices Thank You Whitepaper

Strengthen the Link Between Pay and Performance Thank You Whitepaper

Why They Quit You Thank You Whitepaper

Pay Equity Guide thank you Whitepaper

Why You Need a More Agile Compensation Structure Whitepaper Thank You

Why You Need a More Agile Compensation Structure

In this whitepaper, learn about workforce trends that are putting pressure on the grade-based salary structure, and what it means to make your compensation plan more agile.

Comp is More Than Data: Why You Need Salary Ranges and How to Create Them Whitepaper Thank You

The Salary Data Brief: How the Compensation Survey Landscape Is Shifting In 2018 Thank You Whitepaper

Turnover Whitepaper

The compensation data landscape

Interested in the data types other organizations commonly use? Want to know what salary sources inspire the most confidence? Take a peek at our whitepaper

The New Total Rewards: 6 Key Compensation and Benefits Trends Whitepaper

Manage Pay for Virtual Workers Thank You Whitepaper

Multigenerational Workforce Whitepaper Thank You

The Salary History Question Thank You Whitepaper

Using Compensation to Drive Rapid Growth Thank You Whitepaper

Leveling Guide Thank You Whitepaper

The Exec's Guide to Modern Compensation Software Thank You Whitepaper

Top-Performing Companies Link Comp With Culture Thank You Whitepaper